Saturday, January 17, 2009

Got the spring...

...and my AR is all together.

Just need a carry handle or BUIS now and I'll go sight it in. Oh, and I've had squat in the way of luck in finding right-handed low-profile slotted receiver end plates for a single-point sling, at least in retail-land. It looks like Brownell's it is...

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Hey Tam. I tried out some Aguila 60 grain .22 rim fire today.... and I was thinking of you. The stuff keyholed like mad out of my 1 in 16 barrels, but didn't you have an AR conversion in mind? Maybe with a 1 in 9 twist? It might be grand stuff for that... and subsonic to boot. Through a can it would just go 'poot' while still having some impact.

Og, AR15.com has some step-by-steppage; this is what I used, and Tam occasionally glanced at.

Best widget so far: Turk loaned us his detent spring tool for the spring+tiny pin that does the detent on the takedown pin. I suppose one could install the front pin without it but I'd hate to try. That was the most sproing-y part of the entire process. (Tam claims the fatter pin/spring used for the buffer is more commonly launched -- it's got high sproing potential).

Nothing personal, but I hate you. My upper is about three months out, still, and I have no idea how long I will be waiting on my lower parts kit from Brownell's. But, then, I waited until after the election to order all of this, so it is my fault :).